A Kansas Election Administrator's Preparation for Presidential Elections and Beyond.

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Set it and Forget It

It may seem like that's what I've done with the Diary lately, but the intensity of our election cycle has picked up with very little to show for it.

A big thing with elections is getting everything in the oven baking. We've had our own oven scare--the potential of two different parties' presidential candidates not being on the ballot AFTER we'd send our ballot to the printer.

But, all's well that ends. Ending well is just a bonus, everything with the paper ballots are on track.

Our constitutional amendment question, shoe-horned onto an 8 1/2 by 18 inch ballot but still very readable, has presented us some new issues when rendered on the voting machine, but our solution likely will help avoid another problem and that's worth a detailed post soon.

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Welcome to Election Diary, a blog written by an election geek for election geeks, as well as anybody else who has an interest in the behind-the-scenes work of election administration.
In creating this, it’s easiest to start by pointing out what this blog isn’t:
1. It’s not political. This isn’t a place to get opinions about candidates, parties, who will win, or who should win any election. I lead an office in Johnson County, Kansas, that manages the steps for elections. This blog is about what goes into preparing for these elections. And, in not being political in the purest sense, it will likely evoke, for lack of a better phrase, the corporate politics of putting on an election. The blog will have a point of view at times, but not about candidates, parties, or issues on ballots.
2. It’s not about the presidential election only. Many people think election officials only work a couple days a year—I guess that’s sort of the point of this blog, to explain what we do on the other days.
3. Any representation of any views outside of my own. Nothing on this site should be considered as the position of Johnson County government or any of its departments or agencies.